of interest

idiom

: attracting attention : interesting
He looked through the available magazines, but found nothing of interest.

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The new Long Island Seafood Cuisine Trail, which includes 20 official dining locations plus additional seafood industry points of interest, runs across Long Island’s South Shore. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 Jah-Marien Latham’s full-time transition on the outside is of interest. — Kennington Smith Iii, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025 Does the dwindling track attendance not equate to a lack of interest, one that shouldn’t have our scant resources thrown at it in an attempt at resurrection? — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025 These are the major factors standing in the way of interest rates coming down and leading forecasters to raise their recession probabilities. — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for of interest

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“Of interest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20interest. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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